List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, L–Z (English Wikipedia)

Peretz Rodman, "Shelumiel — The First Schlemiel?", The Forward, 26 May 2006. This interpretation has been identified as a folk etymology. Klein in his Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (1987), s.v. שלומיאל, interprets the term as a corruption of shelo mo'il (שלא מועיל) "useless" (cited after balashon.com, 18 December 2009).

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"Shammai from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia". McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
"Shelomith from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia". McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2023-02-24.

Richard S. Hess (15 October 2007). Israelite Religions: An Archaeological and Biblical Survey. Baker Academic. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-4412-0112-6.
J. D. Douglas; Merrill C. Tenney (3 May 2011). Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Harper Collins. p. 1219. ISBN 978-0-310-49235-1.
Rannfrid I. Thelle; Terje Stordalen; Mervyn E. J. Richardson (16 June 2015). New Perspectives on Old Testament Prophecy and History: Essays in Honour of Hans M. Barstad. BRILL. p. 70. ISBN 978-90-04-29327-4.
Ronald F. Youngblood (7 March 2017). 1 and 2 Samuel. Zondervan. p. 913. ISBN 978-0-310-53179-1.
Meir Lubetski; Edith Lubetski (11 September 2012). New Inscriptions and Seals Relating to the Biblical World. Society of Biblical Lit. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-58983-557-3.
Sara Japhet (1 November 1993). I and II Chronicles: A Commentary. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-61164-589-7.
Sara Japhet (1 November 1993). I and II Chronicles: A Commentary. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-61164-589-7.
For the etymology, see David Mandel (1 January 2010). Who's Who in the Jewish Bible. Jewish Publication Society. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-8276-1029-3.

Hammond, Philip C. (1980). "New Evidence for the 4th-Century A. D. Destruction of Petra". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (238): 65–67. doi:10.2307/1356516. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 1356516. S2CID 163457321.
L'Heureux, Conrad E. (1976). "The yelîdê hārāpā': A Cultic Association of Warriors". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (221): 83–85. doi:10.2307/1356087. ISSN 0003-097X.

Peretz Rodman, "Shelumiel — The First Schlemiel?", The Forward, 26 May 2006. This interpretation has been identified as a folk etymology. Klein in his Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (1987), s.v. שלומיאל, interprets the term as a corruption of shelo mo'il (שלא מועיל) "useless" (cited after balashon.com, 18 December 2009).

See Shlomo ben Aderet: (responsa i., No. 12; quoted in the Jewish Encyclopedia): "one of the sons of Simeon is called Zohar in Gen. xlvi. 10 and Ex. vi. 15, and Zerah in Num. xxvi. 13, but since both names signify 'magnificent,' the double nomenclature is explained."

See Shlomo ben Aderet: (responsa i., No. 12; quoted in the Jewish Encyclopedia): "one of the sons of Simeon is called Zohar in Gen. xlvi. 10 and Ex. vi. 15, and Zerah in Num. xxvi. 13, but since both names signify 'magnificent,' the double nomenclature is explained."

Hammond, Philip C. (1980). "New Evidence for the 4th-Century A. D. Destruction of Petra". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (238): 65–67. doi:10.2307/1356516. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 1356516. S2CID 163457321.
L'Heureux, Conrad E. (1976). "The yelîdê hārāpā': A Cultic Association of Warriors". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (221): 83–85. doi:10.2307/1356087. ISSN 0003-097X.

"Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 4, chapter 7, section 1". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-02. ...and Rekem, who was of the same name with a city, the chief and capital of all Arabia, which is still now so called by the whole Arabian nation, Arecem, from the name of the king that built it; but is by the Greeks called Petra

Saadia Gaon (1984). Yosef Qafih (ed.). Rabbi Saadia Gaon's Commentaries on the Pentateuch (in Hebrew) (4 ed.). Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook. p. 33 (note 35). OCLC 232667032.
Hammond, Philip C. (1980). "New Evidence for the 4th-Century A. D. Destruction of Petra". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (238): 65–67. doi:10.2307/1356516. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 1356516. S2CID 163457321.
L'Heureux, Conrad E. (1976). "The yelîdê hārāpā': A Cultic Association of Warriors". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (221): 83–85. doi:10.2307/1356087. ISSN 0003-097X.